Thursday, July 19, 20180148During a time when immigrants around the country have come under attack, the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, and representatives from other dioceses in Texas and nearby New Mexico are joining a variety of faith groups in a show of support and solidarity for migrants in their communities.
Thursday, October 5, 2017073 The Mass for the Beatification of Father Stanley Francis Rother took place at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City on Sept. 23. Over 15,000 attended. Father Rother was a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City who was martyred in Guatemala in July of 1981. He is the first martyr born in the United States to be beatified and the...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017047One fruit of the president’s executive order putting a stop to immigration from seven majority Muslim countries for a period of 120 days has been confusion and chaos. The stated purpose of the order was to make our country safer, to call for a pause in the processes involved in people emigrating from these countries and fleeing as...
Saturday, November 19, 2016052More than 100 people from the Diocese of Dallas traveled to Rome to see former Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell elevated to the College of Cardinals and to attend the closing Mass of the Year of Mercy. The pilgrims attended a Mass concelebrated by Dallas Bishop Greg Kelly in the Crypt of St. Peter and will attend the closing Mass for the...
Friday, November 4, 20160133Bishop Greg Kelly’s emphasis on the call to love one another linked his homily’s prominent themes of gratitude and gospel values when he served as the main celebrant of a special Mass at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church on Oct. 23 celebrating the 30th anniversary of the parish as the designated home of the Polish Catholic...
Friday, October 21, 2016069More than two weeks after the departure of former Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell for Rome, Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly is holding down the fort as the Diocese of Dallas waits to find out who will become its next bishop. On Sept. 27, Pope Francis named Bishop Kelly as the diocese’s apostolic administrator. It is a temporary appointment...
Thursday, October 6, 2016043Every year in September, the Congregation for Bishops sponsors a course of formation for bishops newly appointed and ordained in the previous year. More than 150 bishops from 39 countries attended the course this year, including 13 from the United States.
Monday, May 30, 20160125Two decades after he led efforts to found the parish, Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly returned to St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church on May 15 to celebrate a new chapter in the growing community’s history. Bishop Kelly, who joined more than 500 parishioners and supporters in celebrating the groundbreaking of the parish’s new...
